Hot and Fast or Hot n Fast is a cooking technique becoming popular with many BBQ cooks.
The traditional low and slow barbeque method of cooking meat for long periods of time at temperatures involves keeping the temperatures around 225 F.
The Hot and Fast method involves smoking the meat at temperatures around 325 F.
Pork butts or briskets that would take 12 or more hours at the lower temperatures can be cooked in around 5 hours.